Budgetary

//ˈbʌd͡ʒ.əˌtɛɹ.i// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to a budget. not-comparable

    "Japan's revolutionary New Tokaido Line, the 310-mile, 150 m.p.h. route between Tokyo and Osaka that is due to open for passenger traffic in October, has run into the same kind of budgetary trouble that held up our own LMR electrification, though the Japanese Government, unlike our own, has apparently gritted its teeth and allowed the project to go ahead to planned completion."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to a budget wordnet

Synonyms

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economic

Example

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"Algeria needs budgetary stability."

Etymology

From budget + -ary.

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